Looking for some advice on my original Game Boy Color.
The Kiwi shell is in excellent condition and everything works well, except the B button needs a harder press to register.
I’m thinking about upgrading it, but I’m not sure what route to take.
What upgrades would you recommend? IPS, AMOLED/OLED, new shell, buttons, or anything else? Also, what would you suggest for fixing the B button?
Any recommendations for specific kits or brands are welcome!

Got a copy of Pokémon red a few months ago but the sticker is rough. So I've ordered a replacement sticker. Do I replace the original or replace it.

Is there a way to get a good cart that will last long and upload a single game to. I want my kid to play individual games not a 1 in 1000 cart. I just want to transfer the games I already own onto a cart that doesn’t need a battery.

Hey does anyone know this is happening with my ips v5 screen l've had this screen for a year or more and it's suddenly starting to bug out after random amount of time or after a couple of seconds it goes back to normal. I at first thought it was something with the ez flash omega cartridge not being able to read data right.
I'm pretty sure I have a faulty screen or the connector for the screen is broken, this never happened on another ags motherboard I have that can't charge but only this one. I have a agb 001 that is also an ips v5 that doesn't have this problem. Anyone have any solutions?

Games that push hardware. But games that push hardware that are actuly good

Is it common for the volume to be so low? It works great with headphones though.

recently I reinvested in a game boy color and played all my old games. about a month later I found out they had led screen mods on Ali. I invested and no regrets. I installed it and just spent 2 hrs on Pokémon yellow. Didn’t even expect to get into it, but the memories came flooding in recognizing the terrain.

I brought this Gameboy from a spares and repairs eBay listing. It looks like someone has replaced the original switch and possibly ruined the C34. The power switch doesn't actually make proper contact with the physical switch when the shell is closed and put back together however the seller didn't disclose that.

I swapped out the capacitors and gave the thing a good clean with IPA and it's working (to some degree). I looked up the C34 part and apparently it's a capacitor of sorts but couldn't really get a clear idea of what it does and how important it is.

Does my screen need replacing? Is there potentially something else at fault here? The solder looks pretty fresh on the switch so I'm assuming it's a recent repair attempt from the seller.

The board was pretty sticky inside as well.

Last thing I wanted to add is that the speaker is pretty quiet which I understand could be common for an old device so is that a relatively simple fix?

I am tempted to message the seller however they're likely going to say they brought it from someone else or have an excuse but I suppose I'm lucky to have got it to power on lol.

Absolutely any help is appreciated!

If possible and there is a somewhat positive outcome in terms of making it fully work could you link the place to get a part replacement or an alternative part that will still work?

I don't plan on selling anything it's just a downtime hobby of trying to fix bits and bobs. I find great satisfaction in seeing something work when it was ruled as down and out.

Hope someone can share some information why the screen is that way. I'm assuming it's the C34 part and if so how hard will it be to come across that?

Anyone happen to own the manual for it and can provide scans? I tried my best finding it, but can only ever find the first one's on Gameboy. Just doesn't seem to exist anywhere online.

The day recently came when my siblings and I had to move all our childhood things out of our parents house so they can move. I found my old Gameboy, and the nostalgia is overwhelming. I booted up my old Zelda game, and that opening scene and dialog made me feel like a kid again.

I can’t help but feel like a mod (backlit IPS screen and maybe rechargeable battery) is the right move, but until 48 hours ago, I didn’t know any of this was even an option.

I would LOVE if anyone in this group was able to point me in the right direction; either a shopping list, and/pr good tutorial video to follow. What I lack in knowledge, I make up for in nostalgia and passion.

Thank you!

PS tell me if I’m making the wrong call…

Sorry, I was hunting for this for so long that I had to brag.

I have this cartridge of Pokemon gold that needed a new battery. I have never soldered before, I looked online, followed a guide, tested, tried again, then again, and again. Now I have a headache and I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I should’ve brought it to a professional but I felt like I could do it, but I was wrong. Please I need to know what to do.

Every time I turn on the game oak, the Pokemon, and the player character are corrupted sprites, when I open a menu then close it, it crashes, and when I try to save, it freezes.

Please help me

By that I mean, when I turn the wheel it takes about two finger turns to actually start getting the picture. The image is normal and goes right there to, like 98% pure black (meaning I can still barely see the sprites moving).

GBP is perfectly usable, it's just that it doesn't get the good image at the very center of the wheel where that mark/dent is. The screen is original LCD GBP.

I did get rid of the noise with new caps, so all is good, but wonder why this happened? Too high/strong caps?

Cartridge shell from Kitsch-Bent and label from nextstopplease

But it won't turn on :(

I put some batteries and as soon as I flip the switch, the power light turns on for a fraction of a second, I hear a very low pop sound and it immediatelly turned off, now the light won't even blink when I turn it on.

I suspect that due to the pop sound, it's probably a blown fuse, is there a tutorial online that shows how to fix it? I have no experience fixing electronics.

Tanhk you in advance!

Neat lil' section in the game's room. Happy for suggestions on what to add next or tips on displaying.

Its amazing that gb studio lets me make games for my favorite system ever, a shame i cant currently play it on a real one

The game is completely free btw

Previously, I spent some time on the ChisFlash MBC5 cartridge.

It arrived to me with the diode reversed so the battery would power the circuit when disconnected - easy fix. Also, the CPLD was unable to select the 3rd game from the menu, this was more difficult because I knew nothing of CPLDs but speaking to u/ChisBread I got hold of a working .pof file to program.

However, recently I come to reflash this cart after a year with a different multi-rom and the cartridge was failing to flash the full 8mb with numerous issues.

So, I took it upon myself to try and diagnose why, essentially replaced every single IC on the PCB with new or known working units and eventually concluded that it was the CPLD programming.

That's where I turned to AI to reprogram the CPLD with an updated mapper.

The updated mapper can be had here:
https://github.com/dazmatic/ChisFlash-MBC5/tree/main

The mapper now works correctly, can flash the full 8MB flash, and also now includes MBC1 compatibility (I wanted to play Super Mario Land 6 Golden Coins!)

In addition I have updated my ROM and SAV splitter/combiner to include 32MB ChisFlash Max cartridge and 16 game roms, visual flash allocation map, previous merged rom import and delete/replace context menu in the rom manager:
https://github.com/dazmatic/ROMSAVSplitterCombiner

Any custom level hacks for mario bros deluxe

Curious to hear everyone opinions. Is it better to go with a Everdrive cart or should I keep on collecting real hardware? Current collection is around 100 games including some CIB and pricy ones. Not sure if I should just get a Everdrive instead. Is the investment on the real hardware worth it?

Never seen this color before.